Overall buckle



March 5, 1935. SUMMERS 1,993,693

OVERALL UCKLE Filed July 2, 1954 lmummumlmmmnmlm fled Summ ersm Patented Mar. 5, 1935 i i h vi t t; t" a iii; I 4 v PAT-EN T? OFFICE I ovnrtALi." Boer (1)1 2 i I V it i St. Joseph, Mo. I i Aiiiililatiiihjuly 2,11934, Serial No. 733,428 5 Clainisi (or 2443) t I e t e v U I 7' I jithe wire iscarried dowhwardly and outwardly buckles a db H A v to a bend 16, from whence it is bent to form ani 44bit" f which may be forme other inturned finger 17 similar to-hnger 9 Erorn or stamped from -a single piece of sheet metal. the terminal 18 of said finger the wire is bent A 6*" Afiothr'obiectofthe invention is to provide a down at right angles to fgr m a bar IQ Qwhich-iuh s 5 fbuckle for overalls or the like so formed that it through the y 3, Whiiih eye is msiiitaiiied at may easily be removed, for laundering purposes, about the center of member 19. At the lower end Another object of theinvention is to provide a 0 of l 19 the Wire is again b at right nbuckle for overalls or the like so formed that it gles to form another crimped paralleling may housed at either the upper end or the lower her The d 22 of bar 21 is b t p at right 10 end of a S end r strap, angles to form an extension 23 of the side bar -A still further object of the i ti i t pro- 7. The terminal 24 of the extension 23, such ter vide a suspender buckle formed of wire and hav- 'minal being the Other nal of t e W re, is ing a series of friction bars for holding the same t around th end 0 f bar which completes from slipping on the webbing. the structure. s v

' To the above ends essentially, and to others To use the buckle, (see 4) the end 25 Of which may hereinafter appear, the invention cona Suspender strep is bent p itself o i sists of such parts and such combination of parts a D 27, w h 1 01 is first projected between which fall within the scope of the invention as bars 21 and 4, then e D is doubledvupon ts l laim d, to permit the fingers 9 and 17 to enter between 20 In t drawing:. the heels 28 and 29 thereof, whereupon the buckle Figure 1 is a Side elevation of the h e; isready for use. The crimped bars between which Figure 2 is a View Similar to Figure 1 looking t the strap end passes, will frictionally hold said wards the opposite Side of the buckle; strap folded over the fingers 9 and 17 and prevent Figure 3 is Section e hne of Figure any slipping. However, to adjust the buckle is 25 Figure 4 is an elevational view illustrating one a Very Simple matter, it being only necessary to manner of applying the buckle to a strap; draw the strap toward the button loop 13 and Figure 5 i,S a, similar View Showinganother pull one end or the other strap down or away from manner of its application; D

30 Figure 6 is aview similar to Figure 1, of a modi- The ehd 25 h also h to h 30 buckle 1n the manner illustrated in Flgure 5, in

fication; and

Figure-7 is a perspective View of another modi which case the strap is threaded between bars fieation 4 and 21, under the latter and over the former;

' thus the hold of the strap onto the buckle is se- Like reference characters indicate correspondcure.

ing arts throu hout the several views of the v drawling. The hiekie Shown in Figures 1 t0 5 is It is obv ous that the above descrlbed buckle indicated at 1 and is formed of a single piece of may he used just as ehechvely Oh the lower ends wire 2, the formation of which will now be traced Suspender strap as on the upper ends of a starting at that terminal of the wire formed into hlb strapg 40 an eye 3 from which a bar 4 extends. This bar is Spnhgs 12 and 15 make the heck time to 40 provided with a series of anti-slipping crimps 5. perm-1t h Q of a button Shank mto i9 1 The end 6 of said bar merges into an upstanding and e pring back to normal pos tmn right angulai-iy disposed part forming a spacer whereby said shank cannot accidentally pass portion 7, which is bent at a and turned in parallel e -be from Sam e r I with bar 4, and stops short of the outer end of F 6 I w a modlficetlon 0f the e 45 said bar, and is then returned out upon itself, to h ,Whlch the buckle 30 1S Stamped from a fo m a finger 9, the end poition 10 f which single piece of sheet metal, the fingers 31 and 32, minates' about on a plane with the member 7. in this case, being solid, the bars being crimped From the point 10 the wire is then upwardly and in the Stamplhg p o e h neck Portlon inwardly inclined to form neck portion 11, and tween 35 M16136 W111 flex sllihclently p p su e 50 of the fingers inopposite direction thereon to coiled upon itself to form a one coil spring 12 from which spring the wire is shaped to form a permit entrance of the button shank into the button receiving loop 13. At the terminal 14 of button loop 37.

this loop the wire is again coiled upon itself to' In Figure '7 I show a modification of the inform the one-coil spring 15. From the spring 15 vention in which 38 indicates a buckle formed of I two pieces of wire 39 and 40 only, the piece 39 being in all respects similar to the buckle of Figure 1 except that its lower loop 41 has its side arms 42 and 43 extended to form a wider loop in order to permit the addition of the extra transverse bar 40 intermediate and parallel with the bars 44 and 45. All three of bars 40, 44 and 45 are crimped to provide friction. This form of the invention is especially adaptable for use on suspenders used by brick layers, masons and others who do a lot of stooping and require an especially strong gripping buckle.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new, and desire to procure by Letters Patent is: i

l. A buckle having a pair of parallel bars and a pair of inwardly projecting fingers for entering between the folds of a strap projected between said bars, said bars and fingers being in a common plane, said buckle having a button receiving loop, said bars being crimped, said buckle being formed of wire, the terminals of which are carried upon one of said bars.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, said loop having areduced neck.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, said loop having a reduced neck, said wire having coils at said neck.

4. A buckle having a pair of vertical side portions, a plurality of spaced parallel horizontal bars connected to said side portions, a pair of inwardly extending oppositely disposed fingers positioned in spaced relation to the upper of said bars and connected to said side portions, an upstanding resilient button receiving loop open at one end and closed at its other end, said loop gradually increasing in width from its open to its closed end, connection means between the open end of said loop and said fingers, the sides of the button receiving loop adjacent its open end being formed with a pair of spring coils, and with .the connection means between the fingers and "loop merging into said spring coils.

5. A buckle of the construction set forth in claim 4 wherein said side portions, loop, bars and connection means are formed from a single length of wire having one of its terminals encompassing one of said side portions and the other of its terminals encompassing one of said bars.

" FRED SUMMERS. 

